Lauraceae fossils from a volcanic Palaeocene oceanic island, Ninetyeast Ridge, Indian Ocean: ancient long‐distance dispersal?

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: Carpenter, Raymond J., Truswell, Elizabeth M., Harris, Wayne K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; Austral; Indian; Kerguelen; Ner; New Zealand; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02279.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2699.2010.02279.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02279.x

Abstract Aim Geological and fossil records are critical for historical biogeography studies. A plant fossil assemblage from a small, well‐dated, transient late Palaeocene island was re‐investigated with regard to regional geology and vicariance versus dispersal hypotheses. Location Deep Sea Drilling...